Here is a glossary for you folks who don’t automatically know a mute from a rouse.
- Anatum (n.) – a subspecies of peregrine falcon from North America.
- Austringer (n.) - a person who trains short-wing hawks, ie. coopers hawks and goshawks.
- Bate (v.) – when a hawk jumps off a falconer’s fist or a perch.
- Bewit (n.) – a small leather strap used to attach a bell or tranmitter to a hawk’s leg.
- Blue-winged Teal- a species of North American duck.
- Braces (n.) – the leather (or sometimes gortex) strips that open and close a hood.
- Broadwing (n.) - a raptor of the genus buteo or parabuteo, like a redtail or Harris’ hawk.
- Bufflehead – A species of North American Duck
- Carry (v.) – when a hawk tries to fly off with its quarry leaving its frustrated falconer behind.
- Cassini (n.) – A subspecies of peregrine falcon from South America.
- Cast (v.) – regurgitating the undigested feathers, fur and bones. Also means to fly a group of birds together or to restrain a hawk for medical or maintenance purposes.
- Chamber (n.) – another word for mews, but generally used as a place where breeding hawks and their offspring are housed.
- Chamber-Raised (adj.) – an eyass that remains in the chamber with its parents and without human interaction until it is removed for training.
- Cinnamon Teal- a species of North American duck.
- Coot (Mud Hen)- a species of North American waterfowl.
- Cope (v.) – to groom a bird’s beak and nails, often involves trimming and shaping
- Creance (n.) – the line used to train a hawk before it can be trusted to fly free.
- Dirt Hawker (n.) – a person who hunts ground quarry, generally with a broadwing.
- Enter (v.) – starting a hawk on a new quarry.
- Eyas (or Eyass) (n.) - a young hawk or a hawk taken from the nest.
- Foot (v.) – when a hawk grabs something with its foot.
- Gadwall – a species of North American duck.
- Green-winged teal- a species of North American duck.
- Haggard (n. or v.) – a wild adult hawk.
- Hard-penned (adj.) – when a hawk’s feathers are completely grown in.
- Hawk (n.) – besides the obvious, also a general term often used to describe both hawks and falcons.
- Hood (n. or v.) – the leather covering placed on a hawks head to keep it calm and reduce stress.
- Jesses (n.) – the leather straps on a hawks legs.
- Longwinger (n.) – a person who flies longwings, meaning falcons.
- Lure (n.) - a small leather pouch, sometime shaped like a bird, that is used to call a hawk in to the falconer and often used as a means of conditioning.
- Make-in (v.) – approaching a hawk who is on prey.
- Mantle (v.) – when a hawk covers its food with its wings in an attempt to protect its meal.
- Mews (n.) – area in which a hawk is kept.
- Moult (v.) – the process of dropping feather and growing in new ones. Also used to describe the summer when no birds are flying, but resting while they moult.
- Mute (n. or v.) – hawk droppings.
- Passage (n.) – bird trapped in its first year on the migration or passage.
- Pintail - a species of North American duck.
- Pitch (n.) – the altitude a bird is flying at.
- Ring Bill (Ring-Necked) – a species of North American duck.
- Rouse (v.) – when a hawk lifts all its feathers and then shakes them back into place, often in preparation of flying.
- “Set” Wings (v.) – when a falcon stops pumping its wings to gain altitude and soars, generally focusing on something below it.
- Shoveler – a species of North American duck.
- Stoop (v.) – a high speed dive at quarry.
- Telemetry (n.) – a combination of transmitter and receiver used to track hawks,
- Tiercel (adj. or n.) – a male raptor.
- Wait-on (v.) – when a falcon circles above a falconer waiting for game to appear.
- Widgeon – a species of North American duck.
